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Numbers 1:16 — King James Version← Study notes

These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel.


Numbers 1:16Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 1:1611 words
אֵלֶּהʾēlehThese
קריאיqryʾyCalled
קְרוּאֵיqərûʾêCall out to
הָעֵדָהhāʿēdāhThe assemblage
נְשִׂיאֵיnəśîʾêExalted
מַטּוֹתmaṭwōtBranch
אֲבוֹתָםʾăvwōtāmFather
רָאשֵׁיrāʾšêHead
אַלְפֵיʾaləp̄êThousand
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
הֵםhēmThey
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

אֵלֶּהʾēlehThese
קריאיqryʾyCalled
קְרוּאֵיqərûʾêCall out to
הָעֵדָהhāʿēdāhThe assemblage
נְשִׂיאֵיnəśîʾêExalted
מַטּוֹתmaṭwōtBranch
אֲבוֹתָםʾăvwōtāmFather
רָאשֵׁיrāʾšêHead
אַלְפֵיʾaləp̄êThousand
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
הֵםhēmThey

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